Interface Age
Published for the Home Computerist

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(Submitted May 31, 2007 20:34:54 by Roger Garrett)

As for the takevover, my understanding is that it wasn't a takeover at all. The initial magazine was being prepared by the SCCS, Southern California Computer Society. Bob Jone, of McPheters, Wolfe, and Jones, offered to turn it into a professionally produced magazine and established an agreement with the SCCS in which the SCCS would provide a substantial part of the content of the magazine, Jones would bear the financial burden of publishing, marketing, etc. and they would share in the profits. The SCCS did not hold up their part of the bargain and Jones had to provide all of the content through his own writers and columnists, at his own expense. When it became clear that the relationship could not proceed all connection with the SCCS was ended and the magazine became simply Interface Age.

At least that's my understanding. If anyone has better information please let us know.

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(Submitted May 31, 2007 20:34:37 by Roger Garrett)

Regarding the question of whether Adam Osborne was involved in the takeover of Interface Age magazine: the answer is no, he wasn't. He was a columnist for the magazine, writing the From The Fountanhead column. He had nothing whatsoever to do with any takeover.

I, too was a columnist for the magazine, my column being The Inventor's Sketchpad which ran for several years.

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(Submitted October 20, 2006 00:20:40 by Nike)

Cool Guest Book.

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(Submitted September 11, 2006 16:49:03 by Jeffrey A. Schwartz)

There was an advertisement in the April 77 (or maybe it was 76) Interface Age which was quite humorous. It was for creative toombstones. If anyone has a copy and could scan/send me the page, I'd be forever grateful. Alternately, I'd be interested in purchasing that particular issue.

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(Submitted September 7, 2006 18:23:56 by Helga)

cool site

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(Submitted May 31, 2006 22:11:24 by Grandjean Philippe)

Interface Age, Byte....I still have a lot of magazines left over somewhere in Belgium, must see next time I'm there which issues are available

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(Submitted May 31, 2006 22:11:10 by (a href=mailto:grandjeansimicro.mg)Grandjean Philippe(/a))

Interface Age, Byte....I still have a lot of magazines left over somewhere in Belgium, must see next time I'm there which issues are available

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(Submitted March 11, 2006 19:03:47 by Jorge Valencia)

hi...im really interested in your magazine online...how can i get it in my country, Colombia?

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(Submitted January 20, 2006 14:57:46 by Dave Morris)

For a while, when the magazine was being taken over, I was getting 2 magazines. The magazine started out as Interface, and the little word Age started getting bigger and bigger in the title. Wasn't Adam Osborne involved in the takeover somehow?

Anyway, I wrote the October 80 article A Simple Robot Navigation System, and would like to buy a few more copies of that issue if anybody wants to part with theirs.

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(Submitted December 1, 2005 03:36:31 by bill smith)

I just made a web site with my Interface Age Article http://www.artsci.net/bill/interface-age/

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(Submitted May 13, 2005 07:03:39 by camille st.onge)

We are looking for a magazine article titled Multivibrators that was published in the 1970's in Interface Age. The author is Kendrick. If anyone has this article, could you e-mail me at above address.

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(Submitted January 26, 2005 07:24:01 by YVONNE HAMMOUDA)

Hi - would anybody know where i can find a photo in Interface Age(or maybe somewhere else) of a robotic dog called Philidog; the creation of M. Piraux of the Philips organization in France and was demonstrated at the Paris International Radio Exhibition of 1929? Any info would be most gratefully appreciated. Yvonne

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(Submitted January 6, 2005 13:36:24 by Erik Klein)

Thanks for the information, Bert!

I had suspected that the story went something like that and I'd heard some rumors in that regard before.

Erik

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(Submitted January 6, 2005 12:39:16 by Bert Kaye)

I was around in Southern California when SCCS changed to Interface Age. It happened because the society's publication was being handled by an ad agency, McPheters, Wolfe, and Jones, and when the mag actually became profitable due to ad revenue, the ad guys stole the magazine, changed the title, and screwed the SCCS over. It was a rotten treachery playing on the innocence and naivety of the techies.

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(Submitted December 30, 2004 17:31:53 by Ross)

Most of the 1st two years worth is available -- currently on auction at eBay if you're interested!

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(Submitted December 12, 2004 13:04:06 by Roger Garrett)

I'm wondering if anyone recalls the column that used to be published in Interface Age magazaine that was called The Inventor's Sketchpad? I was the author of those articles. My how computing has changed since all those many years ago.

Roger Garrett RogerInNH@aol.com

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(Submitted December 5, 2004 04:53:40 by Alan secker)

My tongue wa hanging out, waiting for each issue. There was such a dearh of information here in the U.K. I took the advice of the Cairman of the Amateur Computer Club to 'soak it in through the pores'. That included importing Interface Age an devouring every issue. I eventually submitted an article about handling the period between two dates when one might be pre-Gregorian. It was returned. They had ceased publication.

I need to dispose of my magazine collection, Including IA. I have: Jul 1978 to Dec 1978 Jan 1979 to Dec 1979 Jan 1980 to Dec 1980 Jan 1981 to Apr 1981 Jun 1981 to Dec 1981 Jan 1982 to Juk 1982 Aug 1982 to Dec 1982 Aor 1983 to May 1983 Aug 1983 to Oct 1983

No reasonable offer refused.

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(Submitted November 5, 2004 10:13:04 by Greg Goodwin)

Got a whole set of these and have loved reading them. Would be willing to ship book rate and for a reasonable offer (something more than $5-10 but not much.) :) Neat age of computing.

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(Submitted September 21, 2004 19:39:25 by Hershel Belkin)

I have the full set of 1978, 1979, 1980 issues and a number from 1981. Any interest? Not sure I'm ready to pwrt with them...

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(Submitted July 7, 2004 22:14:45 by Robert S. Jones)

Would like to have the October 1976 issue of Interface Age. Have many other issues saved and would be willing to trade to fill in the missing copies you need.

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(Submitted July 7, 2004 22:09:10 by Robert S. Jones)

What would you like to know about the split between SCCS Interface and Interface Age? I am the former owner and publisher of Interface Age.

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